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> Use evaporative humidifiers You don't have to buy one either. A suspended wet towel with a fan blowing on it will work very well. If you want to get fancy, h
by esaym 9mo ago
> Use evaporative humidifiers
You don't have to buy one either. A suspended wet towel with a fan blowing on it will work very well. If you want to get fancy, have the last inch or two of the towel sitting in a tray of water.
- loloquwowndueo 9mo agoBut then I have to buy the towel and the fan, the tray, something to suspend the towel at the right height …
- dependency_2x 9mo agoThis is cheaper, and the towel and fan can be repurposed. Just buy a 3D printer for making the the suspension part (/jest)
- jgalt212 9mo agoThat's a permanent bachelor design aesthetic.
- Etheryte 9mo agoTurns out young me was on to something, I wasn't just leaving wet towels laying around, I was fixing the air humidity problem.
- beachy 9mo agoMy brother's house in Perth, Australia has an antique air conditioning system in the roof space that works in exactly this principle. 4 blankets that wick up water and have air drawn through them and into the house by a fan. It's in disuse now but I understand they were common and quite effective in the day.
- devilbunny 9mo agoThey're usually called "swamp coolers" and are very effective iff you have very low ambient humidity. Utterly useless in humid climates.
- piskov 9mo agoI’m not sure that has a performance of 0.3L per hour (needed when it’s real cold outside). But any thing beats nothing, I guess. Kudos to you